Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Writing from experience.

This is a subject I would like to come back to some time, but in the meantime here is a letter in the Guardian from an as always level-headed Hari Kunzru on the subject of whether you should only write from your own experience and background. It was in reponse to this article about Monica Ali's Brick Lane and the furore that has plagued it at times.

1 comment:

Bookman Beattie
said...

I found that article on Brick Lane absolutely fascinating.Great enjoyed your piece on the shitty first draft! And yes what an amazing blogger Emma Darwin proves to be. How does she have time to write all that stuff?!

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The Sound of Butterflies was the title of my first novel, published in the UK by Picador, in the US by William Morrow and in New Zealand by Random House, and translated into eight foreign languages. In 2009 my next novel, Magpie Hall, was published in New Zealand by Random House, and in 2012 my first novel for children, Red Rocks. This blog is my thoughts on the world of writing and books.
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